Rennoc TRIO
thecircusblog | August 16, 2018
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This is Arthur
thecircusblog | August 16, 2018
This is Arthur Henry I just discovered. His age was 17. The make up is the give away. All the Henry brothers used the square mouth and a dot on the forehead, it was just a Henry thing. Most often in winter and the show was in the barn, Vaudeville at that was a money […]
Flood & Hayes
thecircusblog | January 15, 2013
This is a “Barrel Jumping” act or so it was called in 1904……. Thank you Billie Henderson for this great old photo.
Lew Henderson
thecircusblog | November 30, 2012
Hamming It Up
thecircusblog | April 16, 2012
I found this photo and thought that I would post it. This is all I know, just what’s in the photo. I have only seen two other acts like this. Uncle Henry’s Pork Chop Review and Johnny Cline had a pig act for awhile. I remember he spoke of it and said he worked it […]
Eddie Page “Quackenbush”
thecircusblog | February 11, 2011
A dear friend from my younger years. What a comedian he was. He teamed up with Lillian Deshin and they became Ma and Pa Quackenbush,she is in the next photo………. Many thanks to Dan Watt for the photos.
Vaudeville Contract
thecircusblog | June 26, 2010
Years ago this was one of the best forms of communication between agent and performer. These western union telegrams were as good as any contract. As a matter of fact this was your contract. This is a telegram that came from Bert Levey to the Quackenbushes, a well known agent that booked the A circuit. Many was the […]
Lillian Deskin #1
thecircusblog | June 26, 2010
A graceful young lady that had a show business dream. Her ambition was to become a performer of the arts and she succeeded.
Lillian Deskin #2
thecircusblog | June 26, 2010
Lillian created her own dance academy in Tacoma, WA in the 1920’s. She excelled in piano and other instruments but she loved comedy. In 1928 she teamed up with Eddie Page and built an act called Ma and Pa Quackenbush. They toured the country doing fairs, nightclubs, vaudeville and now and again a circus or […]
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